When night falls, the lights are on, standing on the needle floor and looking at the inside and outside of the palace, the lights are displayed everywhere, beaming with joy, a happy and peaceful festive atmosphere.

The moon hangs high in the sky, and the palace is even more festive, with fire trees and silver flowers everywhere, and the lights are shining, and a splendid and prosperous.

The old eunuch standing beside Xiao Chen, who always had a soft smile on his face, suddenly cleared his throat and shouted, "The auspicious time has arrived!"

I saw many eunuchs holding rosewood trays in their hands, covered with embroidered red cloth, bowing their heads, and rushing in, before coming to the sacred and solemn hall, the scene that seemed a little noisy just now suddenly became quiet.

Xiao Zhen glanced around at everyone with a sideways face, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly smiled: "Today is the Qixi Festival, every family puts up lanterns, lights up lanterns, relieves disasters, and prays for peace." Since the establishment of Emperor Gao, the country has been prosperous, the border is peaceful, the national strength is growing, and the people are also rich in food and clothing.

Since my accession to the throne, thanks to the favor of heaven, the people have been stable, the treasury is full, and the army is strong. Despite this, I did not dare to slack off in the slightest, I strictly followed the teachings of my ancestors, worked hard, worked hard, got up early and returned late, dealt with government affairs, forgot to sleep and eat, tried to develop and grow together, stabilized the civil and military forces internally, resisted strong enemies outside, persuaded farmers and mulberries, became rich and strong people, and protected the clan. Today, we will take advantage of the Qixi Festival celebration ceremony to invite all clans to share prosperity, discuss state affairs, participate in grand events, and pray for prosperity for ten thousand years!"

Everyone shouted: "Ten thousand years of prosperity!"

"On the occasion of this festive season, when we are happy with the people, tonight we will continue the two traditional competitions of the royal family's 'needle-piercing skill' and 'fighting stars', and those who win the laurels will receive supreme glory. I have decided to give the Xiao royal family's ancestral treasure "Yin Fu Sutra" and the Spring and Autumn Reincarnation Pen to the two laurels, and I hope you will do your best to display your talents, and you will not live up to expectations!"

In the main hall, the royal family and the female relatives were stunned when they heard the words, and the "Yin Fu Sutra" and the Spring and Autumn Reincarnation Pen were rare treasures that the ancestors of the ancient Xiao family inadvertently obtained and preserved in the war.

It is said that "Yin Fu Jing" is a book of heaven written by Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, which contains the Qiankun, contains the law of change of all things in heaven and earth, and can fly into immortals if you comprehend the avenue. The Spring and Autumn Reincarnation Pen is the judge's pen, which is a natural thing in the wilderness, and then falls into the underworld, and the two treasures of the underworld are the same as the Book of Life and Death. This pen dominates the cycle of life and death, alternating yin and yang, and has the power to turn decay into magic and turn things around.

"Spring and Autumn from the reincarnation, life is like a passerby, the country has no owner, life and death are boundless", although the legend may be false and exaggerated, but the Xiao family ancestor is based on these two magic weapons to create the Great Qi, is the royal family generations of the dream of the thing, if you can have this pen, enough to shine the lintel.

The royal clan relatives and female dependents looked at Xiao Zhen one after another, seeing that his expression was serious, not like a joke, not to mention that Jun had no jokes, Chrysostom was open, and the mountains were unshakable, so they couldn't help but gasp, and they all rubbed their hands, and said secretly: "Your Majesty can give the ancestral treasure to the laurel this time, and the importance of this night's grand event can be seen." ”

So the royal family and the female relatives all shouted: "Your Majesty Shengming!"

The sound of the mountain cries overshadowed the waves for a long time before it stopped.

After a while, the elderly eunuch beside Xiao Zhen shouted loudly: "Please participate in the 'needle fighting' concubines, princesses, princesses, county lords, county lords, etc. to move to the competition area, each person has a total of 7749 embroidery needles, a number of colorful threads, limited to one stick of incense, threading the needle, the completion is qualified, and the qualified ones will take the top five according to the order of completion to enter the finals!"

After the elder eunuch announced the rules and precautions of the competition, the lights suddenly turned on, and there was a burst of beautiful music accompanied by a sweet voice: "Begging skill, begging appearance, begging heart, begging face, begging my father and mother are thousands of years old, begging my sister for thousands of years......"

Under the reflection of the bright lamp, above the entire hall, I saw the figure of a slender woman walking slowly.

Li Ji was stunned, this sweet voice couldn't be more familiar, and following the prestige, it was Yu Nizi who accompanied the music, danced lightly, and sang the begging folk song in unison with the musicians of the Qing Commercial Department.

The singing is beautiful, the lyrics are smooth and bright, and the dancing momentum is dispersed with the wind, making people feel like they are in a fairyland.

Looking at Yu Nizi, Li Ji had a surprised smile on her face, due to the large number of people in the hall, she didn't see him at the moment, and she was still engrossed in singing the begging ballad.

As everyone's applause rang out, the music suddenly stopped, and after the ballad was sung, I saw Yu Nizi and the others bow down and retreat.

Li Ji was in a hurry, and was about to catch up, but was pulled by Linglong beside him, and said: "Above the main hall, how can you allow idle people to walk around, offend the holy face, be careful that people's heads fall to the ground." ”

Li Ji was stunned when he heard this, stopped, and looked around at the palace guards, with a murderous atmosphere, if he broke out at this time, he would definitely be chopped into meat sauce.

Looking back again, Yu Nizi was no longer visible in the main hall.

When he was hesitating, the big gong and drum suddenly sounded sharply, and the "needle and needle" competition officially began.

Li Ji has never seen the seven-hole needle embroidery method of the palace, only to see flowers everywhere, green everywhere, a colorful scene in front of him, many harem concubines, royal women, flowers and branches, turning over the hand and threading the needle, accompanied by colorful lines flying in the air, dizzying.

"I can't imagine that an embroidery needle or a ball of multicolored threads can dance so colorfully, if you don't be there, how can you believe that there are such wonders in the world. Even if the Weaver Girl in the sky is reincarnated, it is nothing more than that, and the shock of the scene is breathtaking. ”

Although Li Ji couldn't escape from the palace gate today, when he saw such a grand occasion, he couldn't help but be dazzled, forgetting where he was, and only feeling as if he was in a fantasy world.

A stick of incense burned out, and with the sound of a gong and drum, the preliminary competition was terminated.

Countless eunuchs have counted the number of needles for each contestant on the spot, and after half a cup of tea, I saw the older eunuch on the stage and shouted: "According to on-site statistics, there are fifteen people who have completed a stick of incense, and the top five are Princess Wukang, Princess Jiangxia, Princess Shanyin, Princess Wuxian, Princess of Great Wall, and will enter the finals immediately after a little preparation." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, some of the concubines and relatives in the palace bowed their heads and beat their chests in frustration, and some people danced happily, especially Princess Wukang, who jumped in front of Princess Jiangxia and said: "My sister is so powerful, and her skills are becoming more and more skilled, and she must have been practicing her skills in the palace recently." ”

Princess Jiangxia jokingly said: "Girl, you are allowed to have the world's first embroidered mother concubine to support you, and your sister is not allowed to find another famous teacher?"

Princess Wukang slammed her fist away, and pretended to shout: "Hmph! Wait a minute, let my sister understand the methods of this princess!"

Princess Jiangxia was not to be outdone: "Girl, if there is a kind, let the horse come!"

After the two finished speaking, they covered their mouths, smiled and bent their eyes, and also smiled and bent over, and after a while, Princess Jiangxia suddenly said: "The county lord of Shanyin didn't expect to become so powerful, the last time I saw her, she was still hairy, and she didn't know anything about needlework!"

Princess Wukang glanced at the county lord of Shanyin and said, "Princess, you don't know, Zi Lin has been away with her cousin for a long time, and the matter of female celebrity is naturally unfamiliar." But she naturally likes to make friends with strange people in the world, the secret sect of the immortal sect, and recently I heard that she also worshiped the Shangqing faction and became the first disciple of the head of the fire dragon......

Princess Jiangxia was shocked when she heard this, the Shangqing faction is the country's important religion, from the respect of the Ninth Five-Year Plan to the people of Limin, all of them are extremely respected, and it is the first Taoism in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is famous all over the world.

Shangqing faction derived from the Heavenly Master Dao, the Heavenly Master Dao is divided into the north and south roads, the south is the Shangqing faction, the north is the new Heavenly Master Dao, the Shangqing Dynasty has been established since the Zixu Yuanjun, and there have been four generations in the world, cultivating the immortal Tantra, the world is famous, the kings of the Qi Kingdom all believe in the Heavenly Master Dao, if you can become a disciple of the Shangqing Dynasty, become the head of the disciple, the status is very different.

As he was talking, the county lord of Shanyin came over, and Ying Ying gave a salute and said, "Zi Lin has seen Princess Jiangxia and Princess Wukang. ”

Behind Li Ji serving Princess Wukang, he was still intoxicated by the colorful fantasy world where he had just threaded the needle, and suddenly heard a voice as warm as jade. Looking up, I saw a peerless girl dressed in a dazzling robe walking on the opposite side, beautiful as a flower, there is a delicate between her eyes, under the light of the fire, her complexion is as clear as jade, like a new moon halo, like flowers and trees piling up snow, her gait is elegant, she is full of smiles, not only gorgeous and colorful, but also has an indescribable charm and cuteness.

The pretty rhyme between her manners is really a rare extremely beautiful woman in heaven and earth.

"The lord of San'in County is exempt. Princess Jiangxia held Xiao Zilin's jade hand and said with a smile, "Shibei three days, when you look at each other! Zilin is getting more and more out of the country and the city, I don't know how General Xiao Luan is doing recently?"

"The princess has an overreputation, and her father is busy with military affairs and cannot participate in tonight's grand event, so she sent Zi Lin into the palace to meet His Majesty, the queen and all the royal clansmen on behalf of his father. ”

Princess Wukang snorted lightly and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, and Princess Ben almost didn't recognize you." I think the three of us grew up together in the palace, the two of us had no guesses, and we were intimate, but now that we have grown up, we are a little estranged. You are the most competitive and the most amazing among our sisters, a few years ago when you joined the Shangqing faction, you rarely came to the palace to play, I can't imagine that tonight you will stand out among the many palace concubines and royal concubines, and you will be a blockbuster, which is eye-catching! I am afraid that tonight will have the meaning of winning the crown and winning the "Yin Fu Sutra", right?"

"Sister Wukang laughed, how can he dare to covet the name of the laurel. With my sister and princess here, we are just a green leaf, and we are just a foil. ”

Princess Wukang chuckled and said, "Sister Zilin is really becoming more and more modest. ”

Li Ji, who stood on the side with his hands down, saw three girls who looked like fairies, about the same age, but their identities were extremely different, Wu Kang was the youngest princess of the emperor, Wang Yao was the princess of Jiangxia, and she was the queen of the Langya Wang clan in the four famous families, and Xiao Zilin was the only daughter of Xiao Luan, the general of the dynasty.

Time has changed, the vicissitudes of the world, the world is bleak, although it is small, the circumstances are different, and each has its own place after more than ten years. Now that Wang Yao is the princess of Jiangxia and an elder, and Princess Wukang and the lord of Shanyin County are still to be born, no one can predict what the future will be.